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A new study says that based on Facebook's current numbers, dead people's accounts will outnumber the living in about 50 years.
Future Society

Based on current usership, the dead will outnumber the living by 2070.

By Dan Robitzski

Hactivists have found a database containing details on more than 80 million U.S. households, but they have no idea who owns it.
Data Privacy

It contains details on more than 80 million U.S. homes — but nothing about its owner.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Plan to 3D Print Muscular Tissue on the Space Station
Off-World

A shipment of biomaterial building blocks is headed to the ISS.

By Dan Robitzski

In his new book, Oxford professor Young-hae Chi theorizes that invisible aliens are creating alien-human hybrids, perhaps as a response to climate change.
Climate Change

And he thinks the "hybrids" could be a response to climate change.

By Kristin Houser

New images appeared in a since-deleted post on Chinese social media network Weibo of Motorola's upcoming folding RAZR smartphone.
Robots and Machines

Could this be Motorola's $1,500 follow-up to its iconic RAZR?

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers
DARPA

Is this the smart contact lens DARPA has been looking for for at least a decade?

By Victor Tangermann

The group of fishermen in Norway found a whale wearing a strange harness with the words "Equipment of St. Petersburg" written on its strap.
Future Society

It was wearing a harness that appeared to be designed to hold a camera or weapon.

By Kristin Houser

To reconcile the recently-confirmed, faster rate of universal expansion, researchers suggest that the cosmos may be younger than they previously assumed.
Off-World

It's a new attempt to reconcile the universe's accelerated expansion.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX-Like Startups Think They Can Solve Fusion For Cheap
SpaceX

"Fusion is poised for a 'SpaceX moment.'"

By Victor Tangermann

People are experiencing higher levels of negative emotions such as sadness and anger, according to a survey of adults in more than 140 nations.
Health & Medicine

The increase in negative emotions could have profound implications for global health.

By Kristin Houser

Researchers propose a new field of AI study called "machine behaviour" — and it could ensure we reap the tech's benefits while avoiding the drawbacks.
Artificial Intelligence

They suggest a new field of AI study that goes beyond code.

By Kristin Houser

From Quarks to Quasars

By Colin Robson

Moleculin Biotech, a company that conducts clinical research for cancer treatments, found a way to speed up the process by moving its research to Poland.
Health & Medicine

Poland offers a low-cost alternative to American trials, where participants are in high demand.

By Dan Robitzski

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wants to make sure that AI is built to serve, not conquer humanity, and wants to make sure important choices aren't automated.
Artificial Intelligence

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is troubled by AI that makes morals-based decisions.

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications is offering a new tier of internet service called "Elite Gamer" for an additional $15 a month.
Future Society

"Fast lane" internet is exactly what net neutrality supporters have been fighting against.

By Victor Tangermann

No matter how cute or emotionally-savvy some robots may seem, experts warn that it's an illusion. Artificial intelligence simply isn't that sophisticated.
Robotics

In spite of their cute designs, robots can't love you back.

By Dan Robitzski

AI researcher Os Keyes envisions several "nightmare scenarios" for transgendered people that could result from the deployment of facial recognition tech.
Facial recognition

"The worst case scenario is...they end up shot or arrested or harassed."

By Kristin Houser

A scientist argues that the sheer volume of potentially habitable planets and moons coupled with the existence of water in space makes life inevitable.
Off-World

"The ancient question 'Are we alone?' has graduated from being a philosophical musing to a testable hypothesis."

By Dan Robitzski

A UK college has launched the Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research — the world's first formal center for research into psychedelics.
Health & Medicine

It'll focus on the use of psychedelics for mental health care and the study of consciousness.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon's AI automatically tracked and fired hundreds of fulfillment center employees for failing to meet productivity quotas.
Artificial Intelligence

It's a grim glimpse of a future in which AI is your boss — and you're disposable.

By Victor Tangermann